Click here for the Cell Structure and Function Student Learning Guide

  1. Surface Area, Volume, and Life (explains, among other things, why cells are small)

  2. Introduction to cells

  3. Animal Cells: Parts and Functions 

  4. Plant Cell Parts and Functions

  5. The Endomembrane System (ER, Golgi, Lysosomes)

  6. The Evolution of Cellular Compartmentalization

The Cell Song

The Cell Song: Interactive Lyrics

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[h]The Cell Song: Interactive Lyrics
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  • What follows is the lyrics to The Cell Song! in a fill-in-the-the-blanks format.
  • Interacting with the lyrics in this way will improve your ability to remember the parts of cells, and their functions.

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I went into a _______, to get out of the rain,
And there was the __________, the cell ___________.
I went into a _______, and what did I see?
The ___________, it’s the energy __________.

 

I went into a cell, and said “who drives this bus?”
And found myself talking to the boss, the ____________.
I went into a cell, to recover from a spasm,
And found myself swimming in some clear __________.

[l]cell

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]cytoplasm

[fx] No. Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]factory

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]gatekeeper

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]membrane

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Good!

[l]mitochondria

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Good!

[l]nucleus

[fx] No. Please try again.

[f*] Good!

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I went into the nucleus to ask how to get home,
And got _______ info, stored in a ______________.
I went into a _____, and stretching o’ so far,
Was a thin and wavy _________, it’s called the ____
I went into a cell, trying not to be perplexed,
By the ___________ and sorting in the _______ complex.

[l]cell

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]chromosome

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]E.R.

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]genetic

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]Golgi

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]network

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Good!

[l]packaging

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

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I went into a cell, and said “who makes __________ here?”
And somebody responded “it’s the __________, my dear.”
I went into a ______, and was feeling pretty fine,
‘Til a ___________ engulfed me, and dissolved me in _________.
I went into a cell, and was feeling pretty nimble,
‘Til a __________ lassoed me, tying me up in a __________.

[l]cell

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

[l]centriole

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

[l]enzymes

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

[l]lysosome

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

[l]proteins

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Good!

[l]ribosome

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]spindle

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

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I went into a _______ cell to see how _________ get so tall,
And all around the ________ was a _________ cell ________.
I went into a plant cell, “why’s it so _________ I asked?”
“‘Cause I make food from _________,” said a green _________.
I went into a plant cell to see how plant cells store _________,
When a _________ informed me that he was the __________ dude.

[l]chloroplast

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]food

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]green

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]outside

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

[l]plant

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]rigid

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]sunlight

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]trees

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Correct!

[l]vacuole

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Great!

[l]storage

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]wall

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

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So when you go _______ a cell, remember what you_______,
There’s over a ______ cells in both you and me.
Just sing this song if you ever feel confusion,
And remember_______ _________ is the opposite of_________.

 

[l]active

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]diffusion

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]inside

[fx] No, that’s not correct.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]see

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Good!

[l]transport

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Excellent!

[l]trillion

[fx] No.  Please try again.

[f*] Good!

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Next step

  1. Surface Area, Volume, and Life . The first tutorial in this series. It explains, among other things, why cells are small.